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Apia

American  
[ah-pee-ah, ah-pee-ah] / ɑˈpi ɑ, ˈɑ piˌɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.


Apia British  
/ æˈpɪə, ˈæpɪə /

noun

  1. the capital of (Western) Samoa: a port on the N coast of Upolu. Pop: 41 000 (2005 est)

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Samoa posted 174 and Visser then took a wicket as they restricted Vanuatu to 164-9 to seal a 10-run win at the Garden Oval No 2 in Apia, Samoa.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2024

In all, 32 embassies ranked in the highest category for climate disaster risk, from Apia, Samoa, to Valletta, Malta.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 2022

Judith Esmay Ah Leong, a general practitioner in Apia, Samoa’s capital, said doctors were shocked to discover “there were still people living off the grid and had no access to transport.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2020

Oli Lefauaitu, a security officer, was living with his wife, Moana, and their nine children in the swampland area outside Apia when the youngest, their 14-month-old daughter, Si’iae, became ill.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2020

Both had made money, and he believed that Captain Hayston had fixed upon Apia, the chief port of Samoa, as his head-quarters.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Rolf Boldrewood

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